Each NFL draft is a separate entity, but it can be interesting to see how the cycle comes around over seasons and even decades.
Many might remember the Will Smith movie based on and titled with the concept, Six Degrees of Separation, showing how people and events over time can be connected.
Back in the early 1960's, the Denver Broncos were a horrific franchise just stumbling along.
In 1964 the Broncos' head coach was Mac Speedie, who had enjoyed a brilliant playing career for the Cleveland Browns.
One of those peers, with whom he played in the league, as their paths crossed more than once, was Fred Gehrke, who we have written about many times and who is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a Pioneer Award winner.